News & Stories

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week. The following companies and destinations are mentioned today: Hotusa, IHG ANA, Moevenpick, Six Senses, Swissôtel.

Berlin. The hotel management company Grand City Hotels & Resorts, founded as recently as 2006, has grown in the first half of 2008 by four to 35 hotels in Germany and one hotel in Holland (see list portfolio). In 2007, expansion ran to 13 hotels, the Group's main method of growth being by means of franchise contract with the brands InterContinental, Accor, Rezidor, Steigenberger, Ramada, Choice and Best Western. The Group also runs hotels itself.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week. The following companies and destinations are mentioned today: Accor, Anantara Resorts, Castlecamp/Zell am See, Fontainebleau, Samuel Braun, Scandic, Sheraton, Swissotel, TUI.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week. The following companies and destinations are mentioned today: Banyan Tree, The Claridges, Christie + Co, Domina, InterCityHotels, Marriott, Preferred, Reval, Scandic, St.Lucia, Warimpex, Worldhotels.

Augsburg. River cruising in Europe has taken off like a rocket over the last decade with the number of passengers more than quadrupling over the period. In the last ten years, the number of river cruise passengers on continental European routes has more than quadrupled, rising at an annualised rate of about 20% since 1997 to reach an estimated total of more than 800,000 by 2007.

Hendersonville/London. Three of the most successful names in the market of hotel-industry research around the globe - smith Travel Research, Deloitte's HotelBenchmark and The Bench - have launched STR Global.

Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past weeks. The following companies and destinations are mentioned today: Anheuser-Busch/Nakheel, Hilton Garden Inn, Princess Gloria of Thurn und Taxis, Holiday Inn Passau, International Hotel Investments, Moevenpick, Kurt Wachtveitl, Scandic, Sun Resorts, Ramada, Rezidor, Rocco Forte.  

Singapore. The Pacific Asia Travel Association is forecasting robust growth for travel and tourism in the Asia Pacific region, with tourism revenues to top 4.6 trillion USD and visitor arrivals to reach close to 500 million by the end of 2010. These figures headline PATA's newly-published 'Asia Pacific Tourism Forecasts 2008-2010', launched in Singapore in partnership with the Singapore Tourism Board. Despite regional stock market volatility and uncertainty over local impacts of a possible US recession, the forecasts predict robust average annual growth rates of between 7 and 8%.

Paris. The French Accor group still has three time more rooms than its next follower, despite the European hotel industry shows a rather stable room supply. Most of the European groups have undergone a radical review of their networks. Thus a significant number of hotels, that did not fit anymore the norms, have left these groups. A new European hotel ranking published in France proves that the first 20 European hotel brands are stable. The British brands have expressed  a remarkable dynamism, going up to the top of the ranking while the Spanish hotels of TUI have gone through a severe clarification.

Rosengarten Melitta Karth-Strache from Rosengarten near Hamburg has been active as hotel consultant for a good two years. The focus of her work lies on project management and the oversight of construction works. Over the last two years, the experienced hotel manager has undergone intensive training in both of these areas.